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Message: [QUOTE="PedroMx, post: 148425, member: 21330"] I had the same problem and have fixed this way. First find a place where you can practice braking that is at least a 300 feet long straight. Then place a stick or some kind of marker at 150 feet from the start marker. Go to the start line and accelerate hard until you reach the marker, at the instant you pass the marker brake hard until you stop (the first times don´t brake to the limit, just get the feel) continue to brake a little harder and place a marker where you are stopping. Then as you progress you will be placing the full stop marker closer and closer to the braking marker. As you increase the braking force you will find that 1-you will begin to get tired faster (braking hard consumes a lot of energy) 2-you will be closer to crash due to excessive braking (front wheel washout). Try not to crash, brake with the bike perfectly straight, all you weight over the rear wheel and using the front brake hard (70/30), but if you do crash then try to roll. At this point you may ask how this will help you, but think that a turn entry is nothing but the place where you are stopping and you may find, like I did, that I was capable of braking A LOT better in the excercise than when I was on the track, just picture yourself that if you can brake when going at full throttle in 3rd. in 30 feet (just for example) then at the track you can make your braking point at 30 feet of the apex. At first this is scary and you will feel that you will kill yourself entering a turn that fast but you'll find that you will brake just in time. One of the things to remember is that you must NEVER COAST you must be either BRAKING or ACCELERATING. Presto! instant better lap times. There is a lot more to braking than this but is a starting point. Hope this helps, it sure did to me. Excuse my english. :) [/QUOTE]

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